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A322159
Decimal expansion of 1 - 1/sqrt(5).
4
5, 5, 2, 7, 8, 6, 4, 0, 4, 5, 0, 0, 0, 4, 2, 0, 6, 0, 7, 1, 8, 1, 6, 5, 2, 6, 6, 2, 5, 3, 7, 4, 4, 7, 5, 2, 9, 1, 1, 8, 7, 6, 3, 2, 8, 0, 7, 7, 6, 9, 4, 8, 5, 5, 1, 4, 5, 8, 2, 0, 5, 5, 0, 9, 1, 7, 8, 9, 5, 8, 1, 4, 8, 7, 2, 4, 3, 9, 0, 2, 0, 1, 1, 7, 1, 1, 7, 1, 1, 8, 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 5, 0, 0, 6
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
Continued fraction: [0;1,1,4,4,4...].
Least root of the polynomial: 5x^2 - 10x + 4.
FORMULA
Equals 1 - 1/A002163.
Equals 1/(1 - cos(4*Pi/5)) = (1/2)*csc(2*Pi/5)^2.
Also equal to 2/(phi*sqrt(5)) = 2/(A001622*A002163).
Equals 1 - A020762. - Andrew Howroyd, Nov 30 2018
From Amiram Eldar, Nov 28 2024: (Start)
Equals 2*A244847 = 1/A296182.
Equals Product_{k>=0} (1 - 1/A081010(k)). (End)
EXAMPLE
0.552786404500042060718165266253744752911876328077...
MAPLE
evalf[110](1-1/sqrt(5)); # Muniru A Asiru, Dec 01 2018
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[1-1/Sqrt[5], 10, 100][[1]] (* Amiram Eldar, Nov 29 2018 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
cons,easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Tristan Cam, Nov 29 2018
STATUS
approved